Brian May Officially Confirms Psy Collaboration

Queen guitarist Brian May has officially confirmed that he will be joining forces with K-pop sensation Psy.
"Gangnam Style" singer first announced meeting with May for brunch last week, and it would seem that it went pretty well, as the pair already has a few ideas figured out about the new single.
"I met the guy and we had a very interesting chat," said the guitarist in an MTV exclusive. "He's a very thoughtful man and a significant artist. He's also encyclopedic about Queen and says the reason he wanted to sing is because he saw Queen at Wembley '86 on video. We have a couple of ideas, so yeah I'm up for it."
May confessed being aware that such a collaboration is baffling to many fans, but also stressed that "rock and roll is not a closed shop."
"I've had all sorts of people tweeting me saying 'How could you do that? He's a popstar!' and thinking it's very trivial, but 1.6 billion hits on YouTube you don't get for nothing," the axeman said. "Rock and roll is not a closed shop, you've got to have an open mind in life, and a lot of the most interesting stuff happens when you interact with someone you never would've dreamed you could interact with."
Several days ago, May announced yet another collaboration, this time around with "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert. According to guitarist, drummer Roger Taylor and himself are in talks with the singer about "doing an event."

He's clearly still serious about his music. He does music that he thinks will be good. If he thinks it will serve the song well he'll probably do it. But I don't think Brian May is the kind of musician that would do that.

If you choose your colab partners to be Psy and Adam Lambert you're after the popularity, fame or money. When did Brian May last do a colab with someone completely unheard of "just for fun"? Saying this is about the music is like saying Anna Nicole Smith married for love. It's possible, just not very probable.

I disagree. May is a legend and he still thinks like one of us. He does shit for fun, he jumps into stuff and their collaboration could be lame, but it could also be kick ass. I dig Psy, the dude's funny, or at least his videos are, and that's good enough for me.

Gotta have to disagree with you here, in my book Psy doesn't have any talent compared to Gaga and I would love a collaboration between Queen or Bowie and her. Listen to Gaga playing her songs by herself on the piano it's excellent. Too bad she's always making a fool of herself.

Fun thing is, Psy is actually a Berklee College of Music graduate. He has talent, he has a lot of skill; That is not a school you can cruise through with no talent. I've seen the Gaga (/Stefani Germanotta) piano stuff as well, which was also pretty great. Making a case for 'who's more talented' seems like a waste of time though; Both amazingly talented people that are putting out music I don't like, which is okay.

Why are people so shocked about Brian May collaborating with Psy? I mean, he HAS been featured on a Dappy song, plus a lot of rock and metal bands have had collaborations with other non rock/metal artists, some with acclaim. May's hardly the first. Take Anthrax and Public Enemy, Aerosmith and Run-DMC, and Metallica and Marianne Faithfull for example. Even Alice Cooper did a song with Ke$ha...

"Lambert is fine cz May have worked with gay(Freddy) n it work!!"
I'm really baffled by how you think sexuality has anything to do with how well someone works with a particular artist. Gaahl from Gorgoroth is gay, exactly what does he have in common musically with someone like Adam Lambert?

PSY actually incorporates guitar into a bunch of his older songs, a Brian May solo could produce interesting results. Then again it could completely flop. I'm going to wait and see before delivering a verdict.

I know I'll get downvotes for this, but I'll never understand why Psy gets more respect for being more "unique" or just plain "better" than most pop stars.
Is it really deserved? He wrote a hit song with a mildly entertaining video. That's all.
Personally, Gangnam Style makes my ears hurt. No, not because it's not "OMG BR00TAL METALS", I just don't like it.

I mean, I guess he's a "significant artist" in the sense that he became so insanely popular in such a short amount of time, but there's no true heartfelt love for him or anything. Here's a factor showing the impersonal attraction for Psy by American audiences: out of all of the Americans that have heard Gangnam Style, I'm sure that only 0.5% of them actually know the English translation of what he's saying. And I'm sure they don't care, either.

The worst part about it is that he "song" is popular NOT because it sounds good, or is performed well at all. It's popular because people thought the song/video was a comedy bit! It's all a quick little gimmick/fad. the dude has NO other music that is worth a hill of beans.
Ride the bandwagon May....hope you make a buck or 2 off of it.

What? is May just going to write a guitar line for Gangnam Style? Is he going to be in the video doing the same lame dance moves (And yes, many CAN deny dancing to Gangnam Style....I'll be the first!)?
Psy is simply a joke, and he's milking the popularity of that joke for all it's worth.

A lot of people don't realise that Psy could actually be the most important performer of this generation, as he showed how a piece music can, in a matter of hours, enter every household in the civilised world thanks to the technology that we have at our disposal, it's a testament to how sharing music has advanced. It's natural that an influential guitarist such as Brian May would want to work with him, they could both learn a lot from each other, and I, personally, am looking forward to seeing what the two produce. It could be colossal, it could be the flop, but that's why it's an exciting combination.

I'd rather see Psy collaberate with someone who isn't so desperate to keep their star from fading that they'll work with anyone.
And Brian May should concentrate on making worthwhile music rather than public stunts to keep his name out there.

there's no need to jump the gun... wait til the product is out then you can bash if not good or not what you want. I don't think Brian May will just play along with PSY's style. Perhaps PSY will also need to adjust to Brian May as well. the track may also be in English, when it does, it will sound different to English listeners entirely. Since Psy claimed he was a big fan of Queen's, he should know Queen's style and sound. Wait and see is the right way to do, then followed by bashing or praising in due time as you wish.